National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, on Wednesday said that the federal
Government under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari is orchestrating the
destruction of democracy in the country because of the nefarious agenda of the
ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to rig next month’s Presidential election.

Secondus, in a statement by his
spokesman, Ike Abonyi, said that the President and his team are arm twisting
the Code of Conduct Tribunal to force out the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN,
Justice Walter Onnoghen because they believe that an independent Judiciary will
obstruct their rigging plan.

The National Chairman, who was
reacting to the Tuesday’s court proceedings and report that Federal Government
had asked the CJN to vacate office, said that the illegal provocative action
has left no one including the global democracies in doubt that indeed
democratic rule has been suspended in Nigeria to pave way for dictatorship.

“The blackmail, the frame up and
the orchestration of fictitious figures in the CJN’s bank accounts by the
government and their agents are all deliberate ploy to destroy the envious
career of a man because of desperation for power

“What they are trying to do is
not only illegal but a recipe for anarchy and breakdown of rule of law and must
be vehemently resisted

The National Chairman of the main
opposition party said that it’s now very glaring that President Buhari and his
ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, have concluded plans to plunge this
country into a major crisis in frustration for their apparent inevitable
rejection by Nigerians.

He said that trying to force the
head of an arm of government out of office without following the clearly laid
down procedures amounts to breach of rules and an invitation to major national
crisis.

Secondus urged the CJN to
disregard the directives and remain in his office as the constitution guiding
the operations of government is very clear on how he can be removed.

“President Buhari’s inclination
to non-democratic behavour is now apparent as he moves to muscle all other arms
of government as well as ingredients of democracy.

The main opposition leader
directed all lovers of democracy and rule of law in our country to wake up as
it’s now obvious that APC administration is determined to wreck Nigeria’s
democracy all because they are being rejected by Nigerians.

“The agenda is not hidden, which
is to truncate democracy rather than face the Nigerian electorate.

He said that the CJN should
disregard the directive from the executive as it did not follow the requirement
of the law

He said President Buhari has
released his fangs on the judiciary as part of the intimidation agenda of the
regime preparatory to the rigging of the 2019 Presidential election.

“Because of what they have in
stock, their nefarious plans to thwart the will of the people in the
forthcoming general election, they want to raise the level of the intimidation
of all critical organs of democracy, the legislature, the Judiciary including
but not limited to the fourth estate of the realm, the press.

“What other evidence do we need
to show that threat to democracy is real and evident with President Buhari
abhorring all known ingredients of democracy including rule of law”

Secondus added that the true
colour of the President is now out and Nigeria is returning to 1984 when all
instruments of democracy was destroyed in the country under the supervision of
the then General Buhari.